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. corner portions of the end of the strip held by the needle are drawnagainst the edges of the e torn or said strip is caught and drawn out ofof the inconveniences pertaining to the use of FREDERICK C. EASLEY ANDMILTN PATENT OFFICE.

BRADLEY, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSA- GHUSETTS; SAID EASLEY ASSIGNOR TO SAIDBRADLEY.

WEAVING NEEDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,641. dated May 8,1888.

Application filed Seitemher 5, 1887. Serial No. 248,797. (No model.)l

To aZZ whom .it may concern.-

Be it known that we,FREDnBroK C. EAsLEY and MILTON BRADLEY,citizens ofthe United States, residing at Springfield, in the county of Hampden andState of Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements inWeavingNeed-les, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to weavingneedles, the object being to provide aneedle of this class of such improved construction that many thoseheretofore made are obviated; and the Invention consists in the peculiarconstruction of the needle, all as hereinafter fully described, andpointed out in the c1aims.

In the drawings forming part of this speci- Mjcation, Figure l is aperspective view of a weaving-needle constructed according to myinvention, there being indicated in dotted lines in said figure aportion of a strip of paper or other material having one end thereofheld be tween the end of the spring-latch and the end of the needle-headin operative position. Fig. 2 is an edge view ofthe needle, drawn on asBomewhat smaller scale than that shown in ig. l.

vrPhe weaving-needles heretofore in use by children or other personsforweaving strips of fancy, colored, or other paper or cloth,either foramusement, instruction, or for some useful purpose, are so made thatwhen holding a strip of paper by one end corners or portions of said endproject laterally beyond the edges of the needle, and when the strip soheld is drawn between the strips of paper which, so to speak, constitutethe warp of the woven product, said Warpstrips, and either the latterare thereby the need-le, and much inconvenience results therefrom. y

In the improved needle herein shown and described the abovedescribeddifficulties are overcome, and by its peculiar construction the stripheld by it is with great difficultydrawn from the needle, and, in fact,when said strip is of paper the end thereof, when the stripy is pulledupon, will tear off before it will slip 5o from the needle.

The needle is made from two thin strips of metal, 2 and 3, prefcrabl yof steel, having the requisite spring'quality. The said metal strip 2constitutes the body of the needle, on one 55 end of which is formed thehook-shaped head.

4, the end 5 of which extends toward the opposite or shank end of theneedle, substantially f parallel with one side of said body 2. The saidpiece 3, constituting the latch of the nee- 6o dle, is ofthe samematerial as the body thereof, and is rigidly secured 'by one end to thatside of the body2 over which the end 5 ofthe head extends by brazing,riveting, or other suitable means, audits free end 6 extends under theend 65 5 of the needle-head, and is held normally in p v the positionshown against the inner side of said end 5 by the spring action of saidlatch, which is bent away from the side of the body 2 about at thejunction of the latch and body, 7o as shown. The free end 6 of the saidlatch of the needle is offset, as shown, in order to form a shoulder, 7,higher than the adjoining end 5 of the head 4 of the needle, and of thecombined thickness of said end and of a strip of materialv held betweenthe lapped ends 5 and 6, so that when the needle holding the end of astrip of material to be woven is drawn between said warp-strips thelatter will belifted high enough above the end 5 toA be carried quiteover it without catching thereon, or on anypart of the end of the saidstrip which is held between the end of the latch and the end 5 of thehead 4. rI .lhe extreme end ofthe 'shank of the needle in Fig. 1 isshown partly broken off.

The operation of the within-described needle in practice is as follows:The strip of paper or other material to be held and manipulated isheldin aline with and over the latch of the needle, with one end thereofnear the end 5 of the needle-head. Theend of thelatch is then forcedtoward the adjoining side of the needle, thereby springing the end ofthe latch away fromthe end 5. The end of said strip of-rna'- terialnearest the head of the needle is then placed between thev end of thelatch and the end. 5, and the latch is released, letting it springagainst said end 5, and thereby clamping the end of said striptherebetween. The free end of said strip is then folded over the end 5of the head 4 to the position shown by the dotted lines D, Fig. 1, whichindicate the relative positions of the head of the needle and the end ofsaid strip after the latter is attached to the needle, and its end isleft in the position as thereshown. When said strip is drawn throughsaid warp in weaving, the needle is moved in the direction indicated bythe arrow in Fig. 1, and consequently said strip is drawn in acorrespondingly straight line, or nearly so; but owing to the fact thatthe end of the strip is folded or hooked over the end 5 of theneedlehead, and that the end of the latch presses against the end ofsaid strip, the latter is not easily disengaged from the needle. Thebent form at the end 5 of the hook, which the strip of paper takes whenheld by the needle, as in Fig. 1, contributes to cause the attached endof the strip to pass between the warp-stripsin weaving, and mightsometimes prevent said end from catching were the shoulder 7 not formedon the latch 3; but the shoulder in- 25 snres the best work.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. A weaving-needle consisting of abody having a head in the form of a hook, and a spring-latch rigidlysecured by one end to one 3o side of said body, having its free endextending under and bearing against the end of said hook,and a shoulder,7, thereon higher than the adjoining end 5 thereof, substantially as setforth. 35

2. A weavingvneedle consisting of a body having a head in the form of ahook, and a spring-latch rigidly secured by one end to one side of saidbody, having its free end extending under and bearing against the end ofsaid 4o hook, substantially as set forth.

' FREDERICK O. EASLEY.

MILTON BRADLEY. Witnesses:

G. M. CHAMBERLAIN, H. A. GHAPIN.

